Art Basel Hong Kong 2017, the largest contemporary art fair in Hong Kong, takes place from March 23 to 25. Now in its fifth edition, Art Basel is the biggest event in Hong Kong Art Month. The fair will draw hundreds of art collectors and connoisseurs from around the world to the city. Galleries and satellite fairs will be doing their utmost to attract a share of the attention and crowds with exhibitions of their own. Read this page for tips about the artworks to see and places to go, and for news and views about Art Basel from the South China Morning Post's Culture team.

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Art Basel Hong Kong 2017, the largest contemporary art fair in Hong Kong, takes place from March 23 to 25. Now in its fifth edition, Art Basel is the biggest event in Hong Kong Art Month. The fair will draw hundreds of art collectors and connoisseurs from around the world to the city. Galleries and satellite fairs will be doing their utmost to attract a share of the attention and crowds with exhibitions of their own. Read this page for tips about the artworks to see and places to go, and for news and views about Art Basel from the South China Morning Post's Culture team.

The American, in Hong Kong for his second exhibition, sees hope in his latest work, but ‘not the world’s hope’; making art ‘is a selfish act’, he says. Yet in Chicago he’s opened, at his expense, a ‘repository for black American culture’

The American, in Hong Kong for his second exhibition, sees hope in his latest work, but ‘not the world’s hope’; making art ‘is a selfish act’, he says. Yet in Chicago he’s opened, at his expense, a ‘repository for black American culture’

There’s stunning and enticing art aplenty at this year’s fair, and from some big names too. Shen Shaomin’s installation Summit and Shi Guorui’s stark camera obscura images of Hong Kong are among works that caught our eye

There’s stunning and enticing art aplenty at this year’s fair, and from some big names too. Shen Shaomin’s installation Summit and Shi Guorui’s stark camera obscura images of Hong Kong are among works that caught our eye

Bulgarian-born Christo, once a refugee, says he scrapped long-planned US project because of ‘that man’, and tells of his hope he can sell art in Hong Kong to fund 150-metre-high sculpture in UAE he planned with his late wife

Bulgarian-born Christo, once a refugee, says he scrapped long-planned US project because of ‘that man’, and tells of his hope he can sell art in Hong Kong to fund 150-metre-high sculpture in UAE he planned with his late wife

Curiously named .com/.cn exhibition, a collaboration between Hong Kong’s K11 Art Foundation and New York’s MoMA PS1, offers sharp and humorous commentary on a hot topic, but demands too much of its audience

Curiously named .com/.cn exhibition, a collaboration between Hong Kong’s K11 Art Foundation and New York’s MoMA PS1, offers sharp and humorous commentary on a hot topic, but demands too much of its audience

With more art bought through private sale than at auction in 2016, there could be a lot of action at art fair, which opens to VIPs first, and at the scores of gallery exhibitions riding on its coattails.

With more art bought through private sale than at auction in 2016, there could be a lot of action at art fair, which opens to VIPs first, and at the scores of gallery exhibitions riding on its coattails.